Classification of Self-Organization and Emergence in Chemical and Biological Systems Export

@article{HalleyWinkler, abstract = {Most chemical and biological systems are complex, but the application of complex systems science to these fields is relatively new compared to the traditional reductionist approaches. Complexity can provide a new paradigm for understanding the behaviour of interesting chemical and biological systems, and new tools for studying, modelling, and simulating them. It is also likely that some very important, but very complicated systems may not be accessible by reductionist approaches. This paper provides a brief review of two important concepts in complexity, self-organization and emergence, and describes why they are relevant to chemical and biological systems.}, author = {Halley, J. D. and Winkler, D. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {1281563}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH06191}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.publish.csiro.au/view/journals/dsp_journal_fulltext.cfm?nid=51&f=CH06191}, doi = {10.1071/CH06191}, journal = {Australian Journal of Chemistry}, keywords = {biology, chemistry, emergence, self-organising}, pages = {849--853}, posted-at = {2007-05-07 08:12:40}, priority = {4}, title = {Classification of Self-Organization and Emergence in Chemical and Biological Systems}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH06191}, volume = {59} }

TY - JOUR ID - HalleyWinkler L3 - citeulike-article-id:1281563 N2 - Most chemical and biological systems are complex, but the application of complex systems science to these fields is relatively new compared to the traditional reductionist approaches. Complexity can provide a new paradigm for understanding the behaviour of interesting chemical and biological systems, and new tools for studying, modelling, and simulating them. It is also likely that some very important, but very complicated systems may not be accessible by reductionist approaches. This paper provides a brief review of two important concepts in complexity, self-organization and emergence, and describes why they are relevant to chemical and biological systems. JF - Australian Journal of Chemistry EP - 853 TI - Classification of Self-Organization and Emergence in Chemical and Biological Systems VL - 59 SP - 849 KW - biology KW - chemistry KW - emergence KW - self-organising AU - Halley, JD AU - Winkler, DA UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH06191 ER -